Record revealed
The 1951 Refugee Convention
The 1951 Refugee Convention defined international obligations to refugees, but also exposed global tensions in a context of decolonisation and ongoing conflict.
Series
Home Office: Refugees (INR Symbol Series) Files
Catalogue reference: HO 297
What's it about?
HO 297
Files from the Home Office B1 Division dealing chiefly with the reception and resettlement of refugees expelled from Egypt in 1956 and the payment of grants and loans to them.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 297
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Refugees (INR Symbol Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1956-1969
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files from the Home Office B1 Division dealing chiefly with the reception and resettlement of refugees expelled from Egypt in 1956 and the payment of grants and loans to them.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
In numerical order by departmental file reference for each transfer.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- INR Symbol file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 29 file(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Refugees
- Middle East
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Much of the department's work in this area involved close liaison with bodies such as the Anglo-Egyptian Aid Society, the Anglo-Egyptian Resettlement Board, the National Assistance Board, the British Red Cross and the St John's Ambulance Brigade.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9161/
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